carbonhalo
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- Feb 17, 2015
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I get a transfer syringe and setup however many syringes I'm filling, fully drawn to detent, point up in a cup.
swab spoon and empty my oxynorm cap into it. Add 1st wash water to spoon. Stir with cap or transfer syringe
With the transfer syringe pushed down firmly I slide it from the handle to just before centre. After a few attempts you learn the right pressure
Slowly draw reasonably clear water. If any cloudiness return to spoon and redraw.(if it's still cloudy the filter will block quicker)
On successfully doing a clear draw attach .22 micron wheel( make sure you get sterile... preferably hydrophilic) and any guage needle.
Insert needle into each nozzle in turn and count out however many drops will divide your dose how you want.
(Average 10-11 drops per cc but wildly variable even using same batch of water).
Repeat at least once.
I have sometimes tasted residue after 3rd wash, but 2 will get almost all the oxy out.
The filter can be used until it's so hard to push it will split the filter and you'll lose your load BUT after 1st use any bacteria on the dirty side will start reproducing. If you're not using sterile saline or boiled water I'd toss it after a day.
I started out hitting a varicose popiteal vein because it gave me 2 hands to work with and was easier to hide.
When I could no longer find it I moved to left cephalic where a watch would cover it and alternate with just before the thumb.
Warning... In that spot it's easy to hit a nerve.
Once I managed to push out the far side. It was obvious as 1. It suddenly got harder to push. 2. It stings.
This particular time it stung...so had breached the far side wall and I may have twitched, putting a tiny slit there.
Within 5 minutes I had a bruise running from wrist to armpit. On the plus side...it showed me the path of the vein all the way up, making it damned easy to find for a while.
Here's a tip for those buying micron wheels from a needle exchange...read and show up early on their use by date.
Point out they're expired and they'll likely give you the rest of the box free.
On a side note, I have to inject my stock with 5 in 1 vaccine subcutaneously. It is quite easy to miss your skin " tent" and push the viscous liquid into the dermis resulting in a lump that doesn't go away.
If you don't have a local needle exchange, most cities will have several medical supply shops selling syringes, needles, filters and swabs
Junkie supermarkets.
If you're way out of town most rural supply stores will order your favourite size syringe and needles,(They may be labelled as vet use, but they're still sterile)
(Assuming you don't want boxes labelled "syringes" in your mailbox)
DON'T FORGET TO SWAB YOURSELF BEFORE PUNCHING HOLES !
swab spoon and empty my oxynorm cap into it. Add 1st wash water to spoon. Stir with cap or transfer syringe
With the transfer syringe pushed down firmly I slide it from the handle to just before centre. After a few attempts you learn the right pressure
Slowly draw reasonably clear water. If any cloudiness return to spoon and redraw.(if it's still cloudy the filter will block quicker)
On successfully doing a clear draw attach .22 micron wheel( make sure you get sterile... preferably hydrophilic) and any guage needle.
Insert needle into each nozzle in turn and count out however many drops will divide your dose how you want.
(Average 10-11 drops per cc but wildly variable even using same batch of water).
Repeat at least once.
I have sometimes tasted residue after 3rd wash, but 2 will get almost all the oxy out.
The filter can be used until it's so hard to push it will split the filter and you'll lose your load BUT after 1st use any bacteria on the dirty side will start reproducing. If you're not using sterile saline or boiled water I'd toss it after a day.
I started out hitting a varicose popiteal vein because it gave me 2 hands to work with and was easier to hide.
When I could no longer find it I moved to left cephalic where a watch would cover it and alternate with just before the thumb.
Warning... In that spot it's easy to hit a nerve.
Once I managed to push out the far side. It was obvious as 1. It suddenly got harder to push. 2. It stings.
This particular time it stung...so had breached the far side wall and I may have twitched, putting a tiny slit there.
Within 5 minutes I had a bruise running from wrist to armpit. On the plus side...it showed me the path of the vein all the way up, making it damned easy to find for a while.
Here's a tip for those buying micron wheels from a needle exchange...read and show up early on their use by date.
Point out they're expired and they'll likely give you the rest of the box free.
On a side note, I have to inject my stock with 5 in 1 vaccine subcutaneously. It is quite easy to miss your skin " tent" and push the viscous liquid into the dermis resulting in a lump that doesn't go away.
If you don't have a local needle exchange, most cities will have several medical supply shops selling syringes, needles, filters and swabs
Junkie supermarkets.
If you're way out of town most rural supply stores will order your favourite size syringe and needles,(They may be labelled as vet use, but they're still sterile)
(Assuming you don't want boxes labelled "syringes" in your mailbox)
DON'T FORGET TO SWAB YOURSELF BEFORE PUNCHING HOLES !
It also bothers me because some of the places I miss at get a blister on it, and that blister eventually pops, even on their own and then it turns into basically a hole that, depending on size, takes months to heal, and there have been a couple that were pretty big…. 
So it’s the missing and having the huge bump, PLUS dealing with the blister and ugly, gross looking wound that comes after. And this is something that started happening after 10 years… Never had it before and then it just started randomly.
really, never heard that before